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THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
Global growth of more than 5% annually / Demand to reach 5.8m t in 2017 / Automotive market will account for biggest share / Asia Pacific to remain largest market / Freedonia report
04.09.2013
CPC
Subsidiary Kuokuang cancels plans for Malaysian cracker / Shale gas threatens naphtha
03.09.2013
TOTAL
French management prepared to close naphtha cracker / Fate of Carling site and polymer plant uncertain
02.09.2013
HUNTSMAN
Purchase of American polyols manufacturer now final
02.09.2013
POLYONE
Closing of French compounding site underway / Entity previously owned by Spartech
02.09.2013
DOW
Sites selected in Texas and Louisiana for US plastics projects / Louisiana projects to be completed end-2016
30.08.2013
DUPONT
Dolder's fluoropolymers distribution mandate widened to 16 more European countries
30.08.2013
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BorsodChem: Force majeure for TDI / Technical problem during plant start up
29.08.2013
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Optimism grows for year ahead as productivity improves / Gains in turnover and profitability expected / Reject euro replacing sterling / BPF survey
29.08.2013
PLASTICS INDUSTRY CHINA
Diverts focus away from export to domestic markets / Shift in consumer behaviour boosts demand growth / Small companies to disappear / Industry consolidation gathers pace
28.08.2013
ALBIS PLASTIC
New compounding facility opens at Chinese site of Changshu
27.08.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
EU olefin production continues very weak / Q2 results on par with disastrous 2009
27.08.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers: Force majeure for high viscosity PA 6 at German site in Guben
26.08.2013
METABOLIX
Collaboration with Samsung Fine Chemicals formalised / Aim to expand global market for PHA-based biopolymers
23.08.2013
TOYOBO
Engineering plastics project planned in Brazil / Capacity to reach 15,000 t/y by 2020 / Growing automotive market
23.08.2013
SINOPEC
Produces first commercial-grade ethylene at Wuhan facility / Commissioning now complete of petrochemicals complex
22.08.2013
ITALY
Thermoplastics consumption takes a deep cut in 2012 / PVC hardest hit / E&E industry struggles to combat poor domestic demand / Plastics processing segment one of the few bright spots in the country's industrial sector
21.08.2013
INDORAMA
Employees at Workington PET facility fear closure
21.08.2013
INVISTA
Collaborating on bio-derived processes with Portugal's SilicoLife / Initial focus on butadiene
20.08.2013
BADA
Capacity raised again with recent commissionings in Spain and Germany / Focus on speciality compounds
20.08.2013
ALBEMARLE
Commissioning of South Korean single-site catalyst plant completed
19.08.2013
PET RECYCLING EUROPE
Bottle collection forecast to reach 2.1m t by 2017 / Recycling growth of 5.6% in 2012 / Petcore/Plastics Recyclers Europe report
16.08.2013
ASHLAND
Official opening of new gelcoat facility in Changzhou
15.08.2013
GUSTAV GROLMAN
New European distributor for InChem's "Phenoxy" resins
15.08.2013
FERROSTAAL
Joint venture with Saturn Project Development agreed for North American petrochemicals projects
14.08.2013
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